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Tsvangirai warns MDC-T youth leadership against violence
14 Jul 2013 at 05:40hrs | Views
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has blasted the party's national youth leadership for propagating violence ahead of this month's harmonised elections.
Addressing party's supporters at a rally held at Sakubva Stadium Saturday, Tsvangirai singled out MDC-T's youth assembly leader Solomon Madzore and his secretary-general Promise Mkhwananzi as the chief inciters of violence.
"This message is for our youth leaders. I don't want to hear of violence.
"From today, I don't want people who propagate violence.
"I will not tolerate people who promote violence, divisions in the party and hate speech," Mr Tsvangirai said.
This was shortly after Mkhwananzi told supporters at the rally that the youth league stood by the statement made by Madzore in Marondera last week that the party's youth assembly is ready to shed blood in order for the MDC T to win the elections.
"We are going to defend the election victory of the MDC T. We don't fear anyone. I am going to repeat what our youth leader said in Marondera. We are non-violent but it does not mean that we are defenceless," Mkhwananzi had said.
In his address, Mr Tsvangirai urged his supporters to vote him into power.
"We won the election in 2008 but we did not win power. This time we are going to win the election and the power," Mr Tsvangirai said.
He acknowledged that the Zanu-PF government did well to uplift the lives of Zimbabweans since independence in 1980 but blamed the same government for reversing the same achievements.
However, Mr Tsvangirai said nothing about the effects of the illegal economic sanctions slapped on the country.
"Today our enemy is poverty and unemployment. I promise to lead you well without intimidation. We need a culture of consultation where leaders listen to the electorate," he said.
The MDC-T leader criticised the indigenisation programme and claimed that his party will create other avenues of investment and wealth creation.
"We want new opportunities and not to grab what is there. We want to revive collapsed industries in Mutare and ensure that those given the land are doing proper farming," he said.
Present at the rally were the party's secretary-general Tendai Biti, deputy treasurer Elton Mangoma, deputy secretary-general Tapiwa Mashakada and the party's organising secretary Nelson Chamisa.
Addressing party's supporters at a rally held at Sakubva Stadium Saturday, Tsvangirai singled out MDC-T's youth assembly leader Solomon Madzore and his secretary-general Promise Mkhwananzi as the chief inciters of violence.
"This message is for our youth leaders. I don't want to hear of violence.
"From today, I don't want people who propagate violence.
"I will not tolerate people who promote violence, divisions in the party and hate speech," Mr Tsvangirai said.
This was shortly after Mkhwananzi told supporters at the rally that the youth league stood by the statement made by Madzore in Marondera last week that the party's youth assembly is ready to shed blood in order for the MDC T to win the elections.
"We are going to defend the election victory of the MDC T. We don't fear anyone. I am going to repeat what our youth leader said in Marondera. We are non-violent but it does not mean that we are defenceless," Mkhwananzi had said.
In his address, Mr Tsvangirai urged his supporters to vote him into power.
"We won the election in 2008 but we did not win power. This time we are going to win the election and the power," Mr Tsvangirai said.
He acknowledged that the Zanu-PF government did well to uplift the lives of Zimbabweans since independence in 1980 but blamed the same government for reversing the same achievements.
However, Mr Tsvangirai said nothing about the effects of the illegal economic sanctions slapped on the country.
"Today our enemy is poverty and unemployment. I promise to lead you well without intimidation. We need a culture of consultation where leaders listen to the electorate," he said.
The MDC-T leader criticised the indigenisation programme and claimed that his party will create other avenues of investment and wealth creation.
"We want new opportunities and not to grab what is there. We want to revive collapsed industries in Mutare and ensure that those given the land are doing proper farming," he said.
Present at the rally were the party's secretary-general Tendai Biti, deputy treasurer Elton Mangoma, deputy secretary-general Tapiwa Mashakada and the party's organising secretary Nelson Chamisa.
Source - Sunday Mail
